THE SCHNEIDER CONCERTS AT THE NEW SCHOOL PRESENTS
The Linden String Quartet

Grand Prize 2009 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition & Winner 2010 Concert Artist Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition

The Linden String Quartet will play the 2012 Schneider Concert Series at The New School on October 21

On Sunday, October 21 at 2:00 p.m. the award-winning Linden String Quartet will open the Schneider Concerts at The New School opens the 2012-13 Season with a program of Haydn, Bolcom, Corigliano and Beethoven. Described as "truly riveting" by MusicWeb International, the Linden String Quartet is a winner of the 2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition. Founded in spring 2008, the Quartet has enjoyed remarkable success in three short years, also winning the Gold Medal and Grand Prize of the 2009 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Coleman-Barstow Prize at the 2009 Coleman National Chamber Ensemble Competition, First Prize at the 2010 Hugo Kauder Competition, and the ProQuartet Prize at the 9th Borciani International String Quartet Competition. Praised for its "remarkable depth of technique and brilliantly nuanced, sumptuous tonality...delivered with a palpable, infectious joy" (MusicWeb International), the Linden Quartet is currently the Graduate String-Quartet-in-Residence at Yale University, where the ensemble is mentored by the Tokyo String Quartet.

The concert will take place at the Tishman Auditorium at The New School, located at 66 W. 12th Street. Single tickets are available at $17.50 each general admission, and $15 seniors. High school and college student rush tickets will be available at the door for $5; $70 5-concert series subscriptions are still available. Seats are not assigned. To purchase tickets, call (212) 229-5873. Visit www.newschool.edu/concerts for more information.

Hailed in the New York Times as "one of the best deals in town for lovers of classical music" for over five decades, The New School's Schneider Concerts series has presented outstanding young artists and ensembles at non-exclusionary ticket prices. The series' remarkable history includes the New York debuts of pianist Peter Serkin and the Guarneri, Cleveland, and Vermeer String Quartets, and TASHI. Artists such as Yefim Bronfman, Richard Goode, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Murray Perahia were introduced to New York audiences early in their careers. The series was founded by violinist and conductor Alexander Schneider, who led the organization until his death in 1993. Artistic leadership is now provided by a committee of noted musicians: Isidore Cohen*, Pamela Frank, Felix Galimir*, Jaime Laredo, Cho-Liang Lin, Arnold Steinhardt, Isaac Stern*, and Michael Tree (*in memoriam). The Schneider Concerts is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Who: Linden String Quartet: Sarah McElravy & Catherine Cosbey, violin; Eric Wong, viola; Felix Umansky, cello

What: Haydn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76, No. 5 (1797)
Bolcom Three Rags for String Quartet (1989)
Corigliano Snapshot: Circa 1909 (2003), A Black November Turkey (2003)
Beethoven String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 (1825)

When: Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 2:00 p.m.

Where: John L. Tishman Auditorium at The New School, 66 West 12th St., New York City. Between 5th & 6th Avenues near the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, F, L, Q, N, and R Trains

Price: Tickets $17.50 each general admission, $15 seniors, and $5 students with high school or college ID.

For ticket information, please call (212) 229-5873 or visit www.newschool.edu/concerts.

About The New School
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